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Microsoft Cuts Vista Price In 70 Countries

Posted by kdawson on from the defibrillation-paddles dept.

dforristall alerts us to an odd move by Microsoft: cutting the price of retail boxes of Vista in many markets. Analysts didn't see this one coming, and they are scratching their heads a bit over it; one called it "very unheard of." The price cuts vary by country — they're largest in the developing world where piracy levels are high — and they don't apply to OEM copies of Vista, which account for 90% of sales. "Gartner analyst Michael Silver said the move... is puzzling... [He] noted that the market for such upgrades is fairly limited. Those who bought XP in the fourth quarter of 2006 got a coupon for a free Vista upgrade, while most of those who have bought systems since then have gotten Vista. Machines purchased prior to 2006 probably aren't all that attractive as candidates for a Vista upgrade... 'The whole notion of upgrading PCs has sort of fallen by the wayside.'"

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  1. microsoft could give it away free by FudRucker · · Score: 0, Troll

    and i still would not use it...

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  2. One of this products by jkro · · Score: -1, Troll

    Vista is one of these products that one is better without that with it. No matter how much it costs. Any other OS is better than it. Even XP is better but I am afraid that not for long as the SP3 is about to be released.

  3. Re:Comparison to Apple by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    "Where is Bill Gates promising to send a rebate to all the people who "overpaid" for their copy of Vista?"

    Yep.....trolling.

    Tag him & bag him, boys.

  4. Re:still waiting by duncan3dc · · Score: -1, Troll

    I presume you are implying I bought it. This makes you an idiot sir. I dislike Vista as much as the next person but resent people jumping on the bandwagon to look cool by mocking what others are. The Vista backlash wouldn't be half as bad if it wasn't for these people.

    My answer was not "supporting Vista" but advocating the spread of bullshit. Which you seem to be a fond supporter of, as my comments were not the solution to get vista to work well. Vista's SuperFetch works fine, when you need memory it will free some for you and when you're not using it then it will use it.

  5. Re:The whole idea of upgrading PCs??? by Jaysyn · · Score: 0, Troll

    I have tried it & it's beyond awful. It's like they gave a 5 year old some crack & then told him to design a GUI.

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  6. Re:The whole idea of upgrading PCs??? by Jaysyn · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yeah, makes it look familiar, but doesn't make it any more user friendly.

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